•Kaila's POV•

Later that day, I was getting ready for chapel with the girls. Amyra looked, a little aloof, to say the least. Was she okay?

I went up to her and sat next to her on her bunk. "Hey Amyra." I smiled. She looked at me and half smiled.

"Hey, Kaila." She replied, quietly.

"Are you doing alright?"

She nodded. "I'm fine."

I wanted to ask more, but I also didn't want to push it. It might just be a hard day, it was the first day of camp. The girls and I went about getting ready more, and Amyra just sat there.

Asia thankfully went over to her and started talking to her. I'd never seen them like this before? What was going on?

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In chapel, the worship was so, so amazing. I ignored everyone in that sanctuary. It was just me and God. I prayed for our country, I prayed for my youth group, and God seemed to lead me to pray for Amyra.

"God," I prayed. "I don't know why you're talking to me about Amyra, but whatever it is, I want you to show yourself to her. That maybe somewhere deep down inside of her, she'll know you're real. In your name I pray, amen."

As I finished up my prayer. The worship slowly came to a close, and we were ushered to our seats.

"Good evening, Fusion Bible Campers! Are you having a good week so far?" Pastor Sean cheered. We all screamed in response sitting in our chairs. I sat next to Hunter, and he gave me a quick wink. I smiled, and grabbed my Bible and notes.

"Well, tonight is gonna be a crazy night. We have so much to talk about. So, last night we talked on Hebrews eleven. Our topic for this week is, Who. Is. God? And I just want you to think about that for a couple minutes with me. Who is God? Some might say, 'He's the one who created the Heaven's and the Earth.' while some might say, 'Is he that one guy from that one movie?'"

The campers laughed in response. This guy was such a character.

"Okay, so because we're talking about it. I'm gonna tell you a story from my childhood. So, I didn't grow up in the church. I only found out about God when I was a senior in high school. When my friends started telling me about him, I was one of those kids who was like, 'Is he that guy, from that one movie?'

"Of course my friends laughed. But they were patient with me. They said, 'Sean, God is like a potter. He creates beautiful pots, from lumpy, dry, crusty clay, that won't go into shape for years. He's persistent. He's working on you until all your lumps are smoothed, and your dryness is moist.

"I have taken, a couple pottery classes myself, I understood a little of what they were saying. So, I began my search really asking myself, 'Who is this Jesus? Who is this wonderful potter?'" He paused taking a drink of water. "After that, I began my search. I found so many scripture verses of God telling us who He is, but I didn't know it. While I was searching my Bible, trying to figure out what to say I stumbled upon Jeremiah. Turn with me to Jeremiah 18. We'll start at the beginning.

"'The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, "Go down to the potter's shop, and I will speak to you there." So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel. But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over. Then the Lord gave me this message: "O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand. If I announce that a certain nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed, but then that nation renounces its evil ways, I will not destroy it as I had planned. And if I announce that I will plant and build up a certain nation or kingdom, but then that nation turns to evil and refuses to obey me, I will not bless it as I said I would.'"

He continued on the rest of the night, saying how God is the creator. If he sees that we are not doing what he has created us to do, he will start over, and put us on a straight path.

I found that really touching. How, he's created us to be what he intended all along. He's molded and shaped us from a clump of clay, at any stage in our life. And if we aren't doing what he wants, he'll start us over, but keep on pursuing us, no matter how much we struggle.